[SunRescue] Router vs. PC with router/firewall software...

[Mike Hebel]

>>There are other choices too.  I use leafnode.  It seems to do the same as
>>nntpcache.  It too can look like a 'normal' news server.  The way I use it
>>is that it lives on my hosted server (an SS2, so we're back on-topic :-)
>>and pulls my news down a couple of times a day.  I also have it installed
>>on my Linux laptop, which connects to my server to get news.  I actually
>>*read* news using Forte Agent running on the laptop under Wine, connecting
>>to localhost.

*smoke starting to trickle out of ears*
OK.  I'm now officially confused.
What's the difference between using my SS2/LX (on-topic ;-) connected to a
news feed versus a news server.  How is the feed different?  Push versus
pull?

Mike Hebel